Dispensing-machine.



G. M. JEWELL.

DISPENSING MACHINE I APPLIUATION FILED nlm, 1909.

Patented Oct. 12,1909.

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WIT NESSES 'mamans 'UNITED Vsrnrn's PATENT cnn-iron.

oHAnLi-s MOODY JEWELL, or caNAsroTA, soUrrH DAKOTA.

DISPENSING-MACHINE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented oct. 12, 1909.

Application led March 2, 1909. Serial No. 480,896.

ladapted for dispensing sheets, envelops, pictures, cards, packages of cards, or similar sheet material, and relates more particularly to the operating and controlling means for` delivering the articles to be dispensed to the discharge opening. v My improved machine is preferably coincontrolled, and is so constructed-that the purchaser may inspect the card, picture or the like before purchasin the same.

The invention consists 1n thek features and to and claim-s. j

- Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of'this specification, in which simllar characters of referen'ee lindicatel corresponding parts in all the figures, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section through a machine constructed in accordance with my invention, said section being taken on the line 11of Fig. 2'; Fig. 2 is a'vertical transverse section through the machine, said section being taken onthe line 2--2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken. on the line ozt Fig. 2; and Fig. e is a' transverse section' on the lined-4 of Fig. 1.

Myimproved machine maybe mounted upon any suitable form of base and inparticularly pointed mit 'in the closed inany suitable form of casing. 'As

illustrated, all of the moving parts re supported. upon afbase 10 and the sid s, ends and top of thel casing 11 are formed of glass, sol that all parts of the mechanism may be readily inspected.

As previously stated, cards, pictures or other similar articles, may be dispensedby the mach-ine, and although I will hereinafter refer only to packages of cards, which are illustrated in the drawings,yet I -vvi'sht it understood that the machine' is not limited v in any way to packagesof cardsf The aripper' half ticlesr to be dispensed occupy the orportion of the casing, w ile the spensing mechanism is mounted in the lower` portion andserVes to advance the articles to the discharge opening and deliver them therefrom. The casing is of slightly v`greater width than the width of the cards, the latter being supported vertically within the upper half, and all lying substantially parallel and extending transversely of the casing. The sides of the casing are provided with side'shelves or supports 12, upon which the lower edges of the cards rest and be. tween these two shelves is a movable belt or conveyer 13, substantially in the plane of said shelves. The' two shelves and `the belt l serve to form a partition'subdividing the casing .into two separate compartments. The belt is supported upon two pulleys 14 and,15, and one of these p11-lle s, 15, is disposed adjacent the front or ischarge end of the machine and is provided with a series of recesses or grooves to receive projections r .16 on the under side of the belt. Upon the combinations of partsv hereinafter referred upper or outer surface of the belt are a series of transverse cleats orblock's- 17 spaced apart to leave grooves or recesses for receiving the lower edges of .the packages of cards. The main weight of the cards is l borne'by the two side partitions or shelves 12, 12, but as the belt moves along, the

cleats oblocks 17 cause all of the cards to be moved'along the shelves while maintaining their' erect or vertical position. The belt may carry a vertically-extending plate 18 adjacent the rear block 17, so as toy hold the rear package of cards substantially' vertical, but nol other support need be provided for the intermediate packages. Y, A single transigerse-.rod 19'may e provided adjacent the front end of the machine for-` limitin' the forward movement of the upper en s,

of the cards.

For moving the belt to advance the packages of cards andfor' removing the cards from the belt and delivering them from the machine, I provide mechanism which isk preferably coin-controlled. A coin chute 20 leads through the front of the' casing to adjacent the rear end thereof. and directly below the' open end ofthe chute is the" rear end of a lever 21. The lever is supportedv upon a pivot 22 intermediate the ends'of the lever, W

and the front portion of the lever carries a pin 23 for engagement with che periphery' of a cam" disk 24E. The disl" has a' notch in the periphery lthereof for engagement witlfr' the pin to normally prevent the rotation of rthe disk and any suitable form of clockwork or mechanical motor 25, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, may be connected to the disk 24 to normally tend to rotate it in the d1- rection indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3. Directly above the pin 23 is a spring 26 for restrictmg and tending to limit the upward movement of the front end of the lever 2l. A coinafter passing through the chute 20 strikes the rear end of the lever 21 and theweight of the coin'depresses the lever until the pin .23 strikes the spring 26. This liberates the disk and the clockwork rotates the latter through one complete revolution. When the disk has rotated through approximately vone-half a revolution, an enlargement in the disk contacts with the pin to raise the latter against the action ofthe spring 26 a sufficient distance to permit the coin to drop out of the lower end of the chute and off of the lever 21. The.continued rotation of the disk eventually brings the stop or shoulder of the disk'into engagement with the pin, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and

the rotation of the disk is terminated until able receiver 30v for catching the cards and permitting them to be removed by the purL chaser. The shelves extend forwardly a slight distance beyond the pulley and the ejectors 27 move upwardly throu h the shelves closely adjacent their ends. ach of these ejectors is pointed at its upper end and its front edge constitutes a cam\31, the front portion of which extends beyond the front endof the shelf. Thus as the ejectors are moved vvertically their pointed upper ends enter between the last two packages of cards, and as the ejectors continue to rise, their front ed es push the front package of cards forward y until it slides olf the front end of the shelves and drops downwardly. The two ejectors are connected together, so as to operate simultaneously, and for operating them, I provide a v l-ever 32 having its rear end secured to a stationary pivot 33 and havin its front end'pivotally connected to the ejectors. The lever passes adjacent the disk Vand is connected to a link33 eccentrically pivoted to the face of the disk. Thus as the disk is rotated the front end of the lever 32 is moved up and down once during each revolution of the disk.v It is desirable that the belt and cards remain staej ectors.

tionary during the ejecting of a ackage of 85 cards, but .it is necessary that t e belt be advanced one step after each package is ejected.

For advancing the belt, the pulley 15 is provided with a ratchet wheel and a lever 34 isy pivoted upon the shaft or journal of the pulley. f This lever is weighted Vat its rear "end, and at its front end 1s, connected by a link 35 extending downwardly through a transverse member 36 connecting the two At the lower end of the link 35 is a nut 37 for engagement with the under side of the transverse member 36, and on the lever" 34 is a dog 38 for engagement with the ratchet wheel. As the ej ectors are raised from the position indicated in Fig. 3, the lever' 34 is permitted to swing under the infiuence of its weight and the dog passes over one or more teeth on the ratchet wheel. As soon as the lever moves to its limiting position, the ejectors may continue to move upwardly independently of the lever and.

its link. After the ejectors have traveled through a portion oftheir return movement, the transverse member 36 comes into contact .with the nut 37 and the link 35 is pulled down to rotate the pulley 15. This advances the belt and its packages of cards one step, so that anew package will be in position to bevejected bythe next upward movement of the ejectors. By varying the position of the nut 37 on the link 35, the amount of lost motion between the ejector and Ithe pa'wlcarrying lever 34 may be controlled, so that each o eration of the ejector means advances the elt for a sin le package, or for two or more packages, dependent upon the character of the cards, the size of the packages, and the value of the coin.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

r1. A vending machine, comprisin two 'substantially horizontally-disposed s elves or supports in substantially the same plane, a conveying belt intermediate said shelves and operating to advance articles to be dispensed along said shelves, and an ejector for removing the articles from said shelves at one end thereof.

2. A vending machine, comprisin two substantially horizontallydisposed s ielves or supports in substantiall the same plane, a conveying belt interme iate said shelves and operatlng to advance articles to be dispensed along said shelves, and a verticallymovable ejector for engagement with an article adjacent one end of said shelves for removing the article.

3. A vending machine, comprisin a substantially horizontal supporting shel means for advancing articles to be dispensed along said shelf, and an ejector movable upwardly the same plane,

through said shelf and adjacentI one end thereof for removing articles therefrom, said ejector having a pointed upper end and a cam edge.

4. A vending machine including a conveying belt having a substantially horizontal portion for engagement With the articles to' be dispensed, a vertically-movable ejector for removing the articles from said belt, means for advancing said belt, and means for operating said ejector and advancing means alternately.

5. A vending machine, comprising two substantially horizontal shelves in substantially the same plane, a conveying ybelt intermediate said shelves and in substantially per ends and cam edges and movable-up Wardly through Said shelvesy adjacent one end thereof for removing articles therefrom,

ejectors having pointed upmeans for advancing said belt, and means for operating said ejectors and advancing means alternately. j

6. A dispensing machine, including a supporting shelf, means for advancing articles along said shelf, an ejector vertically movable to said shelf, adjacent one end thereof and having a pointed upper end with a cam edge, means for moving said ejector upwardly, and means for moving said advancing means during the return movement of the ejector. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.`

CHARLES MOODY JEWELL.

Witnesses:

A. S. ALLEN, H. M. KUHNS. 

